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[quote=Anonymous]The general concept of cuts were and remain very popular, in large part because virtually everyone, even many big government progressives, knows there is a lot of waste in government.

When government functions that someone uses, whatever those might be, get visibly impacted, then those specific details of the cuts are viewed by those people as mistakes.

Different people rely on different parts of the government. In rural areas, the Dept of Ag cuts are having visible negative impacts, but urban cuts are not much of a a concern. Urbanites, by contrast, are concerned about cuts to Federal transit subsidies, and do not think much about the Dept of Ag cuts. People on Medicare care about that. People on welfare and/or Medicaid care about that.

In many circles, urban or suburban or rural, Musk has become the fall guy for cutting the "wrong" things. Trump supporters largely blame Musk for the "mistakes" and credit Trump (not Musk) for the "good" cuts.

Defense is popular even with Libertarians, in part because it is explicitly listed in the US Constitution as a Federal responsibility. This is partly why Defense appears to be having less total budget cut than some other areas that are not explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution.

It is an interesting phenomenon to watch, provided one has not been personally impacted by it all.  If it survives court challenges and if Congress does not restore funding in their FY2026 budget, then it might become a fundamental shift in the Federal scope and role. It is much more Draconian overall than anything Reagan attempted. [/quote]

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